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What To Watch: Our Picks For The TV Shows And Movies We Think You Should Stream This Week

Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.

20. Citadel (Amazon Prime)

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Amazon’s latest big-budget, globe-trotting binge-watch has plenty going for it. Sexy spies (hello Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas), intense action, an interesting (if a bit clunky) premise, and enough twists to keep you guessing until the end of its initial six-episode run. Will it change the game when it comes to espionage thrillers? Eh, probably not, but it’s got enough camp, and enough Stanley Tucci, to make it worth a watch.

Watch it on Amazon Prime

19. Muppets Mayhem (Disney Plus)

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You know how sometimes you’ll be sitting around the house and thinking “Man, I sure wish there was a television show about Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem band from the Muppets, maybe one where they try to record a new album and go platinum in the world of modern-day music”? Well, good news: That exact show now exists on Disney Plus! So, if you, like everyone, could use a little more Muppets in your life, here you go. Another success for all of us.

Watch it on Disney+

18. Dave (Hulu)

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Awkwardness icon Dave Burd returns for the third season of Dave, taking Lil Dicky on the road for a star-studded cross-country adventure through the real America, spreading rhymes, sewing oats, and getting into trouble. The whole concept of the new season seems like a big swing that’s guaranteed to connect, taking Dave out of his more familiar setting while creating countless opportunities to have him go wild, free from the burdens of cutting a new album.

Watch it on Hulu

17. Dead Ringers (Amazon Prime)

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There’s a glut of good TV at the moment so even a modern remake of a bit of classic David Cronenberg-ian body horror needs some buzzwords to cut through the noise. Luckily, Dead Ringers has that. And we’ll list them out for you now: Rachel Weisz. Evil twins. Surrealist sci-fi. Fertility clinic. Power struggles. A shocking finale. And Rachel Weisz (again). Helmed by Alice Birch (Normal People) with a few episodes directed by horror maestro Karyn Kusama, this show takes Cronenberg’s central idea and gender-flips it, giving us twin obstetricians Beverly and Elliot Mantle whose day job sees them playing god at a cutting-edge fertility clinic. But, when their toxic relationship dynamics are threatened by both their professional success and personal entanglements, their bond reaches disturbing new depths.

Watch it on Amazon Prime

16. The Diplomat (Netflix)

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Keri Russell isn’t quite an anxiety-provoking spy in this series, but this show does call back her old FX stomping grounds. Here, Russell portrays a career-consumed diplomat who’s also struggling to maintain a complicated marriage. Spy or not, this show still sits squarely within the same meat-and-potatoes, mainstream-appealing arena as the similarly-toned The Night Agent, so expect the binging to happen, along with the nostalgia associated with seeing Russell back on TV.

Watch it on Netflix

15. Mrs. Davis (Peacock)

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GLOW standout Betty Gilpin is teaming up with TV king Damon Lindelof in this seriously terrific show about a nun who fights an almighty algorithm. What’s not to enjoy about that, especially since it delivers upon a truly nutso premise? Gilpin plays Simone, not to be confused with the title character of the AI, and Margo Martindale co-stars as a booze-loving nun. If there’s anything that Damon Lindelof has taught us in his post-Lost days, you never know precisely what to expect from his projects. Never forget Lube Man.

Watch it on Peacock

14. City on Fire (Apple TV Plus)

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This series did some cutting to the source material of Garth Risk Hallberg’s same-named book, and the result is a more straightforward focus on the central mystery. This works both for and against the limited series, which is still intriguing enough — a shooting victim spends much of the series in a coma while other characters scramble to solve said mystery. Major takeaway here: Jemima Kirke should be in more things.

Watch it on Apple TV Plus

13. Mulligan (Netflix)

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Mulligan has a lot going for it. It has a cool premise (a group of survivors attempt to remake Earth after everyone/everything else is wiped out by aliens) and it has a prestigious braintrust (created by 30 Rock co-creator Robert Carlock, executive producer by Tina Fey) and it has a killer voice cast (Fey, Nat Faxon, Sam Richardson, Dana Carvey, Chrissy Teigen, etc.). That should be enough for most of you to smash the play button and give it a shot. Your mileage may vary from there, but this is a solid foundation.

Watch it on Netflix

12. The Other Two (HBO Max)

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We’re in a golden era of Hollywood satire, specifically when it comes to HBO’s offerings with Hacks and Barry (in and around all the murder and Chechen drug wars). Even Succession dips a toe into the mix from time to time (gotta get that franchise pump-pumpin!). But while The Other Two doesn’t have the same level of prestige or attention, nothing bites harder than this Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider created show that returns for its third season with the entire Dubek family thriving while also searching for meaning and connection.

Watch it on HBO Max

11. Silo (Apple TV Plus)

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Dystopian sci-fi has never been done quite like this before. In Apple TV+’s newest drama, a ruined and toxic future that forces humanity to dwell in underground silos hundreds of stories deep isn’t the antagonist of the story, it’s merely the setting. The real problem lies in a murderous cover-up whose unraveling threads reveal a bigger conspiracy when a scrappy mechanic (Rebecca Ferguson) and a disillusioned sheriff (David Oyelowo) start tugging in earnest. What is truth and who decides it are the questions this show is asking but even if the answers don’t come readily, the insane worldbuilding and thrilling action will leave you happy to keep guessing.

Watch it on Apple TV Plus

10. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV Plus)

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Watch it on Apple TV Plus

9. White House Plumbers (HBO)

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The Veep guys bring us the Watergate story that you never knew that you’d enjoy watching. Justin Theroux delivers a knockout performance in this David Mandel-directed adaptation of Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh’s book, Integrity. In doing so, the team puts a satiric spin upon the experiences of Egil (played by Rich Sommer) during and after his time leading the Special Investigations Unit that was tasked with plugging information leaks. Yep, that’s where the “plumbers” comes from, and this show is fun and tragic but, fortunately, mostly fun.

Watch it on HBO Max

8. Yellowjackets (Showtime)

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It’s time to go back to the wilderness, where this season doubles down on the darkness and refuses to apologize for it. The show still puts forth one of the most solid examples of dual timelines in TV history. Not only that, but all four sets of leads are firing on all cylinders this year. Sure, Juliette Lewis can pull off this type of role in her sleep, but we love to see her do it. Christina Ricci chews everything up, and Melanie Lynskey is finally getting her due. Oh, and don’t forget about those earworms. Get ready for the return of the Antler Queen, gang. Spooky.

Watch it on Paramount Plus

7. Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

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Break out your biscuits and put on your custom-bedazzled Diamond Dogs silk bomber jackets because the best mustache on TV is back, baby. This might be the last season of Ted Lasso which is a bittersweet pill to swallow but it’s best not to dwell on all of the loose ends still in need of tying. Ted wouldn’t. Instead, let’s just enjoy these characters as long as we have them. And hope something awful (but not irreversible) and humiliating (but appropriately so) and devastating (but ultimately life-changing in a positive way) happens to Nate “not so great” Shelley.

Watch it on Apple TV Plus

6. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netflix)

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What we have here is a Bridgerton prequel, a good one, that focuses on the real-life marriage of Charlotte to King George II, with the usual Bridgerton twist of Olde England being a racially integrated society. Shonda Rhimes serves as showrunner and gives it all the classic Rhimes-y snap and pizzazz, which works well with the show’s subject matter. If you like Bridgerton or history or a sexy/fizzy series about rich people who are kind of miserable, this might be your new favorite show… or at least a way to kill a rainy weekend.

Watch it on Netflix

5. Class of ’09 (Hulu)

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What we have here is a timeline-hopping thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry that follows a class of new FBI agents — you guessed it, the class of 2009 — as they deal with various changes to the justice system and the rise of articulate intelligence and, well, a lot of other stuff, too. Which shouldn’t be a surprise. You saw the thing about multiple timelines. There is ambition here. That’s not always a great thing, but it does make for an interesting hook.

Watch it on Hulu

4. Air (Amazon Prime)

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Well, guess what: We have Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and Viola Davis in a movie about Nike landing Michael Jordan as a client back in the early 1980s. It’s a fun watch. Davis is a powerhouse as Jordan’s mother. Chris Tucker pops up every now and then and just steals whatever scene he’s in by giving it the full Chris Tucker. It’s one of those movies that, in another era, you’d get sucked into on basic cable at noon on a Saturday. Which works out well, because you can still just watch it on a Saturday. This Saturday, if you want. Look at that. Another problem solved.

Watch it on Amazon Prime

3. The Great (Hulu)

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God only knows how Elle Fanning’s Catherine the Great and Nicholas Hoult’s Emperor Peter III somehow haven’t killed each other yet, but there’s still time for that to happen. Their arranged marriage has slid deeper into misery, but they must get their sh*t together to stay in power. History tells us that Catherine was Russia’s longest-reigning female empress and that she overthrew her husband, but god only knows where this show will actually go. Conventional history went out the door a long time ago.

Watch it on Hulu

2. Barry (HBO)

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Everyone’s favorite hitman-turned-actor-but-still-sometimes-hitman is back for a final season. Things get… bleak. Still funny, borderline silly in parts, but also just very, very bleak. As it probably should be given… you know… the murders that Barry has committed. A lot of them. Thank God we have NoHo Hank and Henry Winkler in there to break it all up for us. This is our last season with all of these maniacs. Let’s enjoy it while we can.

Watch it on HBO Max

1. Succession (HBO)

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Good news and bad news, ladies and gentlemen. The good: The cretins and weasels of Succession are back for a fourth season full of drama and dark comedy and more than a little delightful flailing by Cousin Greg. The bad: This is also the final season. So… you’re going to have to come to terms with that as things play out. It’s a lot to deal with, especially with the frenetic pace things have been and are shaking down. This is one of our best shows. It’s going to sting to say goodbye. But let’s all agree to enjoy the ride while we can.

Watch it on HBO Max

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Adidas Decided On A Plan To Sell The Remaining Yeezy Inventory After Parting Ways With Kanye West

Earlier this month, it was revealed that Adidas has over $1.3 billion of unsold product from their partnership with Kanye West. In a conference, Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden said that “options are narrowing,” but the company was “getting closer and closer to making a decision.”

Today (May 11), Gulden shared that they will sell the remaining product and a portion of proceeds will be donated to charity, according to Complex. The rapper will reportedly receive 15 percent of sales due to the contract. Gulden reasoned that “burning several million pairs [of shoes] does not make sense.”

“What we are trying to do now over time is sell parts of this inventory and donate money to the organizations that are helping us and that were also hurt by Kanye’s statements,” Gulden said.

Adidas severed their ties with West in October of last year. A statement at the time read: “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect, and fairness. After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products, and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect.”

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Janelle Monáe Dives Into A New Era With The Tracklist For Her New Album ‘The Age Of Pleasure’

Janelle Monáe is ready to enter a new era with The Age Of Pleasure. That’s the name of her new album, her first in five years. Although she was already beginning to shed her prior black-and-white suits when she released Dirty Computer in 2018, she was still primarily known for her campy wardrobe and high-concept songwriting.

That might change this time around. From its suggestive cover to the sexually-charged video for “Lipstick Lover,” its second single after “Float,” The Age Of Pleasure appears to be a ground-up rebuild of Janelle’s entire image — and that goes along with the messaging she attached to the album’s announcement via press release.

“As we enter into The Age Of Pleasure, ‘Lipstick Lover’ is our freeassmothafucka anthem inspired by f.a.m. for f.a.m,” she wrote. “This is our oasis made with love, rooted in self-acceptance, throbbing in self-discovery, and signed with cherry-red kisses from me to you.” The album is due for release on June 9 (get it? 6/9? not very subtle, this one) via Wondaland Arts Society and Atlantic Records. You can check out the tracklist, courtesy of Apple Music, below.

1. “Float” Feat. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80
2. “Champagne Shit”
3. “Black Sugar Beach”
4. “Phenomenal”
5. “Haute”
6. “Oh La La”
7. “Lipstick Lover”
8. “The Rush”
9. “The French 75”
10. “Water Slide”
11. “Know Better”
12. “Paid in Pleasure”
13. “Only Have Eyes 42”
14. “A Dry Red”

Janelle Monáe is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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‘I Was Wrong’: ‘The View’s Joy Behar Has Changed Her Tune After Initially Defending The CNN Town Hall With Trump

Joy Behar kicked off Thursday’s episode of The View by apologizing to Sunny Hostin for defending CNN’s decision to hold a town hall with Donald Trump. Behar argued on Wednesday’s episode that CNN was championing the first amendment by holding the Trump event because he is the Republican front runner and it’s important to hear his views, as distorted as they may be. However, Behar’s opinion quickly changed after watching the debacle unfold.

“I was wrong,” Behar immediately admitted during the panel discussion. “What I didn’t know was that the audience would be filled with his cult,” she said about the clearly Trump-friendly crowd. “Was CNN passing out Kool-Aid before the event started?”

Behar also questioned whether Trump committed defamation again by smearing E. Jean Carroll during the hour long program. A jury found the former president liable for sexually abusing Carroll just the day before, and he’s been attacking her ever since.

Behar continued to question CNN’s decision to stack the crowd with Republican and supposedly undecided voters. Via Deadline:

“If I do a comedy show and everybody loves me,” she said, “I’m going to be funnier, that’s how it works. But if you have people who don’t particularly think that you’re funny, you have to work harder.

“What I saw last night was a bad comedian with a bunch of people in his cult who love him.”

The rest of the panel involved the co-hosts challenging Alyssa Farah Griffin’s claim that moderator Kaitlan Collins did a “masterful job.” Hostin accused Collins of not being prepared, and she also dinged CNN for not fact-checking Trump in real time.

(Via Deadline)

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Mindy Kaling Is ‘Feeling Really Confident In My Body These Days,’ So She Launched A Swimsuit Collection

Mindy Kaling goes the extra mile. Literally.

The Office star spoke to People about her weight-loss journey, which involves taking a 20-mile hike or run every week. “It’s really a big commitment,” she explained. “It’s hard with two kids that I wake up really early and I fit it in — and I basically live in workout clothes so I can get it in, get an extra mile in.”

Kaling is “feeling really confident in my body these days, which is not something that I’ve been able to say for my whole life, unfortunately,” she said. “I know people are really interested in my body and the changes in my body, and I think it’s flattering and sometimes it’s just a little much, so I don’t try to tune it in too much. The truth is that I spend so much time and energy trying to be healthy.” The leftover energy — after working on Velma and The Sex Lives of College Girls and Never Have I Ever, and raising her kids, and working out, and answering question after question about the inevitable The Office reboot — goes to launching her swimwear collection with Andie Swim.

“I bet you didn’t know my side hustle was swimsuit design. I am so excited to launch my first-ever swimwear collection (!!) in collaboration with Andie!” she wrote on Instagram. “I designed new limited edition styles, and also re-imagined classic Andie suits in bold + fun Mindy-approved colors (but also some classic colors if you’re, like, just trying to be chill). I am not crazy about trying on swimsuits. In fact, I kind of famously despise it? But these are so flattering, I promise your new favorite suit is in this collection.”

Sizes are available from XS – XXXL. Find out more here.

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Here Are The Bonnaroo Set Times For 2023

We’re roughly one month away from heavy-hitting headliners Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, and Odesza taking center stage at Bonnaroo. (That trio is also slated to headline Outside Lands in August.)

Fans planning to attend Bonnaroo from Thursday, June 15, to Sunday, June 18, can start solidifying their schedules, as the landmark festival released official set times this morning, May 11.

The schedule is overwhelming at first glance, so we’ll lay out the basic must-knows.

There will be six stages: What Stage, Which Stage, The Other Stage, This Tent, That Tent, and Who Stage. Opening night will be anchored by the likes of Liquid Stranger from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. local time, Zeds Dead (12:45 to 2 a.m.), Big Freedia (1:30 to 2:30 a.m.), and Silent Disco (midnight to 3:30 a.m.). Silent Disco will hold that slot on Friday and Saturday as well.

Friday’s headliner will be Lamar, scheduled to perform on the What Stage from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The What Stage will also host Baby Keem (8:45 to 9:45 p.m.), Portugal The Man (6:45 to 7:45 p.m.), Muna (4:45 to 5:45 p.m.), and AFI (3 to 4 p.m.). The Which Stage will host Rina Sawayama (5:45 to 6:45 p.m.), Three 6 Mafia (7:45 to 8:45 p.m.), and plenty others.

On Saturday, Odesza’s headlining set is scheduled for 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on the What Stage, which will also be home for Lil Nas X (8:45 to 10 p.m.), Rainbow Kitten Surprise (6:45 to 7:45 p.m.), Sheryl Crow (4:45 to 5:45 p.m.), and Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (3 to 4 p.m.). Korn will take on the This Tent from 12:45 a.m. to 2 a.m., while JID will perform on the That Tent from 1 to 2 a.m.

Sunday will welcome Foo Fighters to the What Stage from 9:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. — preceded by Paramore (7:15 to 8:30 p.m.) — while Marcus Mumford (8:15 to 9:15 p.m.) handles the Which Stage. Alesso (8:15 to 9:30 p.m.) can be found on The Other Stage, Jacob Collier (7:45 to 9 p.m.) at the This Tent, Pixies (8:15 to 9:30 p.m.) at the That Tent, and Jana Horn (7:45 to 8:30 p.m.) on the Who Stage.

Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival 2023 will take place in Manchester, Tennessee. Find more information here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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Stephen A. Smith Is Getting Dragged For His Comments About Anthony Davis’ Injury During Game 5 Of Lakers-Warriors

Anthony Davis left the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s Game 5 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. Following a make by D’Angelo Russell, Warriors big man Kevon Looney swung his arm and accidentally elbowed Davis in the head. Davis looked woozy in the immediate aftermath and made his way to the back, where he was examined and eventually needed a wheelchair to get to the Lakers’ locker room.

While Los Angeles lost, it did get some good news in the aftermath that Davis was doing well, and Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report reported that the expectation is that Davis will be fine ahead of Game 6 on Friday night. But the thing with Davis is he has a reputation for being a player who gets hurt easily, and on Thursday morning’s episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith took a rather flippant approach to what happened.

“I’ll be damned if I wasn’t laughing,” Smith said. “I’m like, concussion? Concussion? I thought the NFL season was over! Now, I understands concussions can happen in other sports — boxing, UFC. And I mean, if the collision is fierce enough, I guess it could happen in basketball, too. But damn, I ain’t seen nothin’ yesterday that made me say concussion. Concussion?”

Smith went on to bring up the fact that Davis needed a wheelchair, and while he said he hopes Davis is okay and that he knows concussions are serious, “we’re saying we found it hard to believe that a concussion actually happened.” Now, while it seems like Haynes’ most recent reporting is optimistic, head injuries are serious business and Davis certainly seemed like he was struggling mightily, so it makes sense that the team would treat this with care.

But Smith’s comments struck a nerve, and a number of folks took to Twitter to call him and First Take out.

It’s worth mentioning that Smith took a similar approach here to the Inside the NBA guys who also laughed at Davis’ expense over the whole thing. As of this writing, Davis has not been placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol, which Brian Windhorst of ESPN noted would make it nearly impossible for him to play in Game 6 and difficult for him to play in a potential Game 7.

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Pras Is Suing 50 Cent, Kyrie Irving, And ‘Rolling Stone’ For Calling Him An FBI Informant

Fugees founder Pras Michel has filed a lawsuit for defamation against 50 Cent, Kyrie Irving, and Rolling Stone magazine for calling him an FBI informant and a “rat,” according to Rolling Stone. After Rolling Stone reported on Pras’ unusual testimony during the money laundering case against him saying that he approached the FBI after meeting with a Chinese minister in 2017, rumors of Pras being an “informant” spread rapidly online. 50 Cent, who is often quick to react or joke around about hip-hop news stories on social media, called Pras “a rat” on Instagram, while Irving also shared a post calling Pras a “federal informant” on Twitter.

In a letter sent to the Rolling Stone offices Wednesday, May 10, Pras’ attorneys notified the potential defendants of their intention to take them to court. Jonathan Noah Schwartz wrote (again, according to Rolling Stone), “It is and was absolutely and demonstrably false for you to publish that Michel was a ‘government informant.’ Labeling a hip-hop artist such as Michel, the reputation of whom is dependent upon ‘street credibility’ and not being a ‘snitch,’ a ‘government informant’ most certainly tends to subject said hip-hop artist to hatred, distrust, ridicule, contempt and/or disgrace, along with injury in their trade or profession.”

Pras was convicted of money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and campaign finance violations in the April trial, all charges stemming from his association with Malaysian money man Jho Low, who is himself wanted for allegedly embezzling billions from his home nation’s sovereign wealth fund.

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Jean Dawson Launched ‘XCAPE PT. 1’, The First Installment Of A Trilogy, With A Pair Of New Songs

Jean Dawson is back. Last year, he unleashed his jam-packed LP CHAOS NOW* after a batch of compelling singles. Today, he’s not just announcing a new project — he’s announcing a whole trilogy, along with a headlining tour this fall. The first installment of the trilogy is “XCAPE” PT. 1, consisting of the tracks “youth+” and “delusional world champion,” out now with Dawson as the character Phoenix.

“Phoenix is a boy on the fringe,” he explained. “He is described to write with the tenacity of Kurt Cobain and the subversive subjectivity of a David Bowie. Using himself as a mirror for whoever decides to look at him because he is a product of the world rather than a product of perceived individuality. He is a manifestation of misunderstanding unawareness. His ideas are flirtatious, asymmetric and brash outwardly contradicted by his own lack of personal identity. Phoenix is only as real as the listener listening.”

Listen to “youth+” above and “delusional world champion” below, followed by Dawson’s upcoming tour dates.

09/24 — Santa Cruz, CA @ Atrium @ The Catalyst
09/26 — Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
09/27 — Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
09/29 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall
10/01 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/03 — New Orleans, LA @ Toulouse Theatre
10/05 — Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/06 — Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
10/07 — Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
10/08 — Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
10/10 — Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
10/11 — Cleveland, OH @ Cambridge Room
10/13 — Cincinnati, OH @ Top Cats
10/14 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
10/15 — Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
10/17 — Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
10/19 — Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
10/21 — Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young
10/22 — Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young

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Steven Spielberg once played an epic prank on ‘Goonies’ director during his vacation from set

“The Goonies” is a classic ‘80s film about energetic, fast-talking kids searching for One-Eyed Willie’s treasure. It’s fun for two hours, but the day-in and day-out grind of working with the young cast was a bit much for director Richard Donner.

“Everyone we cast was high energy, and after a while, it kind of started working on Dick. It’d tear him apart a little bit, a piece [at a] time,” the film’s writer-producer Steven Spielberg later recalled in “Reunited Apart with Josh Gad.

“And so by the end of the movie, in the last two weeks, Richard just kept saying, ‘Oh, my God, I got two weeks to go, and I can’t wait to finish, and I’m going to go to my house in Hawaii, and I’m gonna get away from all of this noise. It’s extraordinary, and I love ’em to pieces, but I can’t stand it anymore,’” Spielberg continued.

Donner’s exhaustion inspired Spielberg to pull an epic prank. He flew the cast of kids out to Donner’s house in Hawaii, including Sean Astin (Mikey), Josh Brolin (Brand), Jeff Cohen (Chunk) and Martha Plimpton (Stef). He also sent the actors who played the obnoxious Fratellis, Anne Ramsey (Mama), Robert Davi (Jake) and Joe Pantoliano (Francis).

Video of the prank recently surfaced on Twitter, where Cohen can be seen telling him, “We’re gonna stay with you the whole time we’re here.” Astin adds: “We’re gonna do a sequel to the movie.”

At the end of the clip, Donner laughs as he flips the middle finger to someone off-camera, presumably Spielberg, saying: “I’ll get you.”